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crushing doubt


Jan 31, 2021

On this week’s episode of Crushing Doubt, we explore the concept of certainty and how it can help you in relieving your pain and suffering. How does one achieve this? And does this mean we should have NO doubts? On the contrary, to get to certainty, you must let in any and all doubts that are there and, in addition, build trust with whomever you are working with and even with yourself.

I also had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Galinksy, a documentary filmmaker, writer, and producer. Michael shared his own personal journey through mind body syndrome, including his going to see Dr. Sarno, himself, for help, in the 2016 documentary film, All the Rage. Michael and I discuss the importance of mind body thinking, the efforts to get more people to see and understand the concept, and the personal changes one can go through when finding a way to master the symptoms sufficiently. He and I also share a personal connection -- in addition to being men raised in families with therapists -- with respect to my own journey and the surprising role he ended up playing in it.

The podcast closes as we begin to discuss action steps in more detail, this time looking at some of the most key action steps of the Emotions column. These include moment to moment thinking, recognizing that mind body issues always fit with the timing of the onset of new symptoms, and the fact that how your symptoms present will always, always, always make sense. The key is to figure out how. Easier said than done, but doable with my way of understanding it. Teasing out which mind body issues are emotionally related versus ones of thinking and doubt is crucial and we begin to dig into the nuts and bolts of that here. I also consider questions from the viewing and listening audience, doing everything I can to help patients resolve their doubt, understand their emotions, grow more personally powerful, and reduce or eradicate their symptoms.